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They have different lengths of time it takes to work and then continues to work and every drug has the number of mgs its needed of that drug for efficacy. Valium is every bit as good xanax if its the one that you need based on how fast it works and how long.

My xanax is prescribed for servere anxiety. I normally take 4 mg's per day. So I ran out but I do have access to generic valium so I was just wondering if valium will work for me until I get my script next week of the xanax... and by the way I wanted to say thank you very much for your response...

Valium is very effective. In fact, it used to be the go-to drug for anxiety but it is very habit forming and newer drugs came out (like Xanax) so it isnt used as much anymore. It was way over used in the 60's and 70's to where it was almost cliche to be hooked on Valium. You cant really look at mgs to decide if a drug is effective or not. Milligram to milligram, one may be more potent but that has no bearing on its effectiveness. Valium comes in a 2mg dose as well as 5mg and 10mg. Valium is also one of the best muscle relaxants on the market that actually does have a direct effect on the muscles (unlike a lot of drugs classed as muscle relaxants that act by overall sedation rather than actual direct effects to the muscle) but again, valium is not used as much because the risk of being habit forming. You might want to check with your prescriber to be sure he/she is okay with you using valium. If he checks your urine, diazepam has different metabolites than alprazolam.

Just food for thought. When it comes to controlled substances, some doctors are very strict on you not using anything other than what is prescribed. Some will even refuse to prescribe for you if they find a substance they did not authorize for you to be using. You wouldnt want to jeopardize your relationship with your doctor.

Xanax is a short acting benzo. Valium is an intermedicate acting benzo. Xanax actions on the body are much quicker and thus more potent than Valium, although both are anxiolitics. Xanax is more addicting than Valium. Due to the short acting nature of Xanax it comes on quickly with more intensity than Valium. Another benzo, Clonipin, is a long acting benzo and thus is less addictive than either Valium or Xanax. although all benzos can be addictive. Valium has the added advantage over Xanax in that it is also acts as muscle relaxant too (Xanax has no muscle relaxant properties).

I agree don't over medicate on any medication. As far as you disagreeing that is fine as I will disagree with you. I don't want to step out of bounds here, but you need to know the correct information, so please get your facts straight first. I was on benzos for about 25 yrs then crossed over to valium and know the equivalence of each alprazolam and diazepam. I should have clarified my calculation is an approximation. However, you are way off on your calculation and as I said 0.5 alprazolam (xanax) is equivalent to diazepam (valium) 10 mg. The approximation is pretty close to being an exact.

For the most part it is true 1mg xanax is equal to 10 mg diazepam, but not an exact. I had something else in my mind when I typed this. I apologize! However, when I tapered I was doing so per Ashton manual and I used between 40 and 80 mg of valium to taper from 8 mg xanax which worked for me. For me any less valium I would experience bad withdrawal so the 0.5 xanax equivalency to 10 mg valium worked for me.

I take a benzo, well 2 xanax and klonopin, I have tried generics, and I personally prefer the brand names,well, we all react differently to medications, active and inactive ingredients, plus I get the brand names at a low cost 90 klonopins for, you would not believe it, well I am not in the U.S. at the mo.